Microbial Taxonomy and Nomenclature Quiz

Similar genetic makeup is used to classify microbes.

Protista is not a domain in this classification system.

Habitat preference is not used as a characteristic in microbial classification.

Phylogeny is the study of evolutionary relationships among organisms.

Taxonomy is the process of naming and classifying organisms.

Carl Linnaeus is known as the father of modern taxonomy.

Antonimity is not a rule of nomenclature in microbial taxonomy.

Robert Whittaker proposed the concept of the five-kingdom classification system.

Species is the specific epithet in a binomial species name.

Carl Woese proposed the concept of the three-domain system.

Domain is the highest rank in the classification of organisms.

The number of chromosomes is not used to differentiate bacterial species.

Prokarya is not a valid domain in the Woese et al. system of classification.

Carl Woese introduced the concept of polyphasic taxonomy.

Genomic structure is a primary criterion used for the classification of viruses.